Your letters: Mother's Day

To the woman whose love healed with a simple kiss and words of compassion. The woman who blended a mother's love into the simplest staples that poverty could buy and created such unforgettable flavors that no cuisine in the world can compare.

I am the grown child, sitting at life's empty table of regrets. Brush in hand, trying to apply tears of sorrow to words words that never caressed her ear, or brought warmth to her heart, or even acknowledged her love.

I am humanity's ignorance,

The insensitive male who never learned to say, "Mom, I love you."

Words said too late upon a cold and empty table.

Manuel Amoe Rabago, Santa Paula.

I love my mom

I would like to tell you how special my mother is. My mother would do anything for me, even if it meant risking her own life. I love my mother very much, and wish her lots of happy Mother's Days. Thank you!